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Rez. Ay, far remov'd indeed.

Freb. And yet, methought, he made a noble effort, And with a manly plainness bravely told The galling debt he owes to your forbearance.

Rez. 'Faith! so he did, and so did I receive it; When, with spread arms, and heart e'en mov'd to tears, I frankly proffer'd him a friend's embrace: And, I declare, had he as such receiv'd it, I from that very moment had forborne All opposition, pride-provoking jest, Contemning carelessness, and all offence; And had caress'd him as a worthy heart, From native weakness such indulgence claiming: But since he proudly thinks that cold respect, The formal tokens of his lordly favour, So precious are, that I would sue for them As fair distinction in the world's eye, Forgetting former wrongs, I spurn it all; And but that I do bear the noble woman, His worthy, his incomparable sister, Such fix'd profound regard, I would expose him; And as a mighty bull, in senseless rage, Rous'd at the baiter's will, with wretched rags Of ire-provoking scarlet, chaffs and bellows, I d make him at small cost of paltry wit, With all his deep and manly faculties, The scorn and laugh of fools.

Freb. For heaven's sake, my friend! restrain your wrath;